20. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Matching Exercise
Match each statement with its function.

1. What do you think the biggest benefits of new technology are?

2. Opening question: What do you think the biggest benefits of new technology are?

3. We could regulate potentially harmful technologies while encouraging research into beneficial applications.

4. I don't agree that technological progress is always beneficial.

5. I think technology is most valuable when it solves genuine human problems.

6. I agree that technology has transformed everyday life.

7. When you say "technology", are you thinking particularly about artificial intelligence?

8. But isn't the real problem sometimes the way people use technology rather than the technology itself?

9. There are so many possibilities that it's difficult to choose just one.

10. Technology can improve communication, healthcare, transport, education, manufacturing and access to information.

11. If a technology saves time and reduces costs without causing significant harm, there is a logical case for adopting it.

2. Asking someone for their opinion about a topic

3. Expressing solutions and alternatives

4. Disagreeing

5. Giving your opinion about a topic

6. Agreeing

7. Clarification

8. Countering

9. Delaying strategies

10. Presenting a number of arguments

11. Logical argument